Yamurikuma is a festival in which the women of some Xingu tribes participate in a sort of gender role reversal, wearing feather ornaments and ankle rattles normally worn by men. There are several physical competitions, including archery, swimming, carrying logs, running, and tug of war.
The festival culminates in a wrestling contest called Huka-huka. Wrestling matches usually only last for a few seconds until one opponent is either actually thrown down or 'thrown down' by default (when the other wrestler has grabbed both of their knees in such a way that it would inevitably lead to them being knocked to the ground).

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female choirs (Yamurikuma) also make up part of this system. At first, it might
seem strange that these choirs belong to a system whose logic is based on a
gradation between hard and soft materials. However, it does not seem to me that
the ...

ThePequirituals consist of a series ofgames pittingmale wit, ingenuity,
andstrength against female, and vice versa. They are concerned with human
sexuality, and in particular with fertility and productivity.6 Incontrast, theflute and Yamurikuma ...

They are concerned with human sexuality, and in particular with fertility and
productivity.6 In contrast, the flute and Yamurikuma ritual cycles are concerned
with the original creation of sexuality, not with sexuality per se. THE RITUALS
The ...

For Kalapalo the mouths of the flutes are vaginas and the flutes themselves
female sexual organs (Basso 1985: 304), which can be violated by the presence
of men who stray too near the women during the Yamurikuma ritual. The flutes
are ...

Yamurikuma is a festival in which the women of some Xingu tribes participate in a sort of gender role reversal, wearing feather ornaments and ankle rattles normally worn by men. There are several physical competitions, including archery, swimming, carrying logs, running, and tug of war.

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